Fossil specimen : NMW 77.12G.86 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida |
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| Fossil Name | Virgatopavlovia fittoni Cope, 1978 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Virgatopavlovia fittoni Cope, 1978 – See Cope (1978): Holotype |
| Registration No. | 77.12G.86 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Cope, J.C.W. |
| Held By |
 Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales
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| Comments | Upper Kimmeridgian |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Pier Bottom, Chapman's Pool, Worth Matravers, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | 7.5m below base of Hounstout Clay, Kimmeridge Clay Formation |
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| Biozone | fittoni |
| Geological Age |
Kimmeridgian Age (Jurassic Period) (152.1 – 157.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Cope, J C W. 1978. The ammonite faunas and stratigraphy of the upper part of the Upper Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset. Palaeontology, Vol. 21, 469-533. p.517, pl.54, fig. 2 |
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